It's time to share what books you got in the last week!

• Did you check out a big stack from the library?
• Did you visit a new LFL and find something exciting?
• Did someone give you a book for your birthday?
• Did you go splurge at the bookstore?
• Did you stuff your Kindle?
• Did all your Libby holds come in at once?
• Did you find a book in the dumpster?
• ???

IT ALL COUNTS so tell me...whatcha get??? 👀

Man, Villefort’s dialogue is so elegant and well-structured. The comparison he makes between Robespierre and Napoleon - one lowering kings to the level of the guillotine and the other lifting people up to the level of the throne - was so good. Also how he speaks about his duty as a prosecutor/magistrate emphasising the weightiness of his performance was so strong and confronting; “The head lowered, it will fall”. I wish he would be Dantes’ defence lawyer but I know that ain’t gonna happen 🫩

I was very intimidated by it, but so far so good!! I wouldn’t say easy but enjoyable ✨ On another note, i’m quite unfamiliar with French History, so it gets very confusing when they speak of that. I am very interested tho in Napoleon’s history so if you have any recommendation to where to get proper historical information about that era, in an enjoyable way, please let me know. videos movies essay, i’d love to learn more!!

After having finished the book I am now obsessed with it, and I wanted to get a beautiful edition for my collection. I chose the illustrated edition with illustrations by Ted Nasmith and it is absolutely stunning 😍 Highly recommend, even for a first time read, it adds so much to the story! It has almost 50 full-page, full color illustrations of various chapters (and fans of Beren and Lúthien are in luck with several illustrations in their chapter 😁).

After having finished the book I am now obsessed with it, and I wanted to get a beautiful edition for my collection. I chose the illustrated edition with illustrations by Ted Nasmith and it is absolutely stunning 😍 Highly recommend, even for a first time read, it adds so much to the story! It has almost 50 full-page, full color illustrations of various chapters (and fans of Beren and Lúthien are in luck with several illustrations in their chapter 😁).

Would anyone be interested in doing a readalong/buddy read for Monte Cristo?

I've made a post on Every Villain is a Hero in Their Own Eyes Quest (🔗: link to the post ) couple of weeks ago. As we are approaching August 1, I wanted to share it here as a reminder for people who planned on joining the buddy read as well as a shoutout for people who would like to join even if it's a bit of a short notice!

I've map the chapters (penguin classics edition) to 6 parts according to the plot points (reddit helped me out here) and how long they would take to read, so the plan looks like this:

1: Chapters 1-30. (10 days) end of chapter 30 should be done on August 10 2: Chapters 31-38. (3 days) August 13 3: Chapters 39-61. (7 days) August 20 4: Chapters 62-78. (5 days) August 25 5: Chapters 79-92. (4 days) August 29 6: Chapters 93-117. (7 days) September 5

On each end date I am planning to create a post here, on the Monte Cristo book forum, for the specific part we have finished and we could talk under that post. 6 posts (7, including this one) hopefully wouldn't be too much and also would be nice to have couple of check points as we read.

I don't want to overcrowd the forum unnecessarily, but I would also love to create a dedicated space where buddy read participants can discuss the book in parts and encourage one another. Somewhere people can share thoughts like "phew this part was so hard to read, I thought I wouldn't be able to finish it on time haha" or just a simple comment like "I completed this part! Let's go!" with others. It's a hefty book and positive reinforcements along the way sounds nice to me!

I am open to any suggestions! Nothing is set in stone 🙂‍↕️